This small cast bronze image of Bhaisajyaguru, Buddha of Medicine and Healing is depicted in the meditation posture. He is heavily adorned with princely ornaments that includes a crown with a broad foliate headband, the 'mukuta' or cone-shaped hairdress decorated with lotus petals. He is holding a medicine pot in both hands. In Buddhist scriptures, he is often depicted as a doctor who cures the illness of suffering using the medicine of his teachings.The Khmer kingdom saw a period of expansion and commissioned many temples and statues to worship both Buddhist and Hindu gods.
